1. A person is obliged to keep information about another person in confidence if that information could hurt that person in any way. We are obliged to keep knowledge of a co-worker being in the hospital from others at work since this may cause him unnecessary embarrassment. This does not hold true if we have knowledge that a person with AIDS plans to donate blood, despite discouragement. We have an obligation to notify the Red Cross to prevent harm to recipients of the blood.

2. One is obliged to keep a "secret" if he has promised to keep the information secret. Once again, if a person informs us that he intends to kill someone, we are justified in revealing that information.

3. In professional scenarios, not only does a breach of confidentiality hurt individuals--it hur

Ethical dilemmas have always been common among healthcare professionals, but healthcare ethics have taken on an increasingly important role in the discussion and protection of patient's rights and interests. Health care is faced with many problems, such as a lack of resources, poor system design, increased health care costs and resource consumption. These issues have exacerbated many ethical tensions already found in health care. However, being familiar with ethical theory and ethical principles, healthcare workers can discuss situations from various viewpoints and strive to identify certain codes of ethics to offer guidance for ethical dilemmas in real-world situations.

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Court-imposed exceptions or proper statutory exceptions also exist (5).

· the treated patient is not

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